Opinion

Some say the opening of Tseung Kwan O’s first karaoke venue could corrupt young people and turn them to drugs. Winnie Yeung weighs up the great karaoke debate.

The Berlusconi scandal reveals that far from being the land that feminism forgot, Italy is still a matriarchal society - Anyone who has been following the continuing saga of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, with its tales of Sicilian yachts, Roman villas, call girls and construction contracts, might well conclude that Italy is the land that feminism forgot.

According to the CIA World Factbook, an Afghan's life expectancy is merely 44 years. That's 20 to 30 years less than neighboring Pakistan and all other surrounding countries. It is just one result of the ongoing devastation in that country.

If Gordon Brown expected props back home for being the first European leader to enjoy President Obama's hospitality at the White House and only the fifth British Prime Minister ever to address Congress, he might have reconsidered the fourth paragraph of that speech. Like a nervous entertainer at a particularly rowdy children's party, Brown pulled his rabbit out of the hat almost at the start of his act. Her Majesty — Britain's Queen — had bestowed an honorary knighthood on "Sir Edward Kennedy," he announced.